lesotho/malawi: Young AIDS migrants in southern Africa

Many young people in southern Africa engage in AIDS-related migration. What are the patterns of this migration? What are the difficulties facing these children and how do they cope? What can be done to make it easier for them? Research conducted with urban and rural-based children in Lesotho and Malawi revealed that children are commonly sent to live with relatives resident elsewhere. They move in order to receive care, to care for others, or to support their own livelihoods.